03R

[Rick67]

My D-03R will be here in a few days. In fact it's scanned in Denver right now. I read a lot about Larrivees before I tried one last week for the first time. There was some what of a stigma about them. That they make great mohogany and not too shabby with rosewood. Frankly, I think Larrivee makes a great rosewood guitar. At least the few that I played. I was impressed enough to buy one.


Now i'm curious what a bone saddle will do for the tone. Maybe I will tweek my guitar a bit.

[charliep]

three 03R's here OM, L, and a D.........none of them were my first guitar. The first one was a Silvertone plywood Harmony. Wish I still had it :rolleyes:  Next was a Gibson B-25, wish I still had that one too. Then 68 Martin D-28. Never did really like that guitar. Sold it. Then traded the B-25 for a Westone D-28 copy. Big mistake!!! oh well..........Then a 65 Martin D-18 which I still have.....(killer guitar by the way) A Peavy electric, a Martin electric, and a Gibson J-45 all of which I bought from an add in the local paper. They have all gone their separate ways over the years. Then a Takamine, which I gave away. And a Martin OM16GT which I gave away..........then came the Larrivee's!!!!!! Recently a Silvertone/Harmony...late 60's early 70' which belongs to my wife but had been in storage for several years. Pretty neat little guitar. And earlier this week I found and purchased a Yamaha FG 335 at the local pawn shop. Looks like it's been in a closet or under a bed for several years. ThThThThThhhhatt's all folks
Probably more info that you asked for but it's Friday and I just go on a roll...........sorry :GRN>
charliep
ps: all of this has happened over about a 40 year period

[whiskeyjack]

Anyone here play hockey?

That's "Hawkee", lad.  FURcryinoutloud, if you're gonna' live that close at least learn the dialect, eh?   ^_^ :GRN>

I will also be adding a OM-03R as my first Larrivée purchase. It's been over 2 years since I've been looking at Larrivées, over a year since I earned the afreomentioned paycheck and almost a year since I first played a OM-03R and stoked my GAS into high gear!

I just bought a used 0M 03-0R a week ago.  They're very nice guitars.  My left hand disagrees a little with the fretboard radius but I think it can be alleviated by working with the fret radius a little and softening the fret ends some.  The guitar sounds every bit as good as a Martin 000 rosewood to my ears.  I like the Martin low end and was alittle worried that the 03R would be too Taylor-like.  It's voice resembles Martin 000's and OM's MUCH more than Taylor's x12 series.

[BillnhisD-03RE]

My D-03R will be here in a few days. In fact it's scanned in Denver right now. I read a lot about Larrivees before I tried one last week for the first time. There was some what of a stigma about them. That they make great mohogany and not too shabby with rosewood. Frankly, I think Larrivee makes a great rosewood guitar. At least the few that I played. I was impressed enough to buy one.


Now i'm curious what a bone saddle will do for the tone. Maybe I will tweek my guitar a bit.

Hey Rick,

I have to say the bone Larrivee saddle I put in my D-03RE made the tone alot clearer, fatter and more focused. It also increased the note sustain 100%, I was changing strings and put back the tusq factory saddle just to see if it made as much difference as I thought it did. The difference was huge the factory tusq sounded pretty lame compared to the bone, so I finished changing the strings and reinstalled the bone Larrivee saddle. This little test made me really glad that I switched to bone, some may not like the change in sound it makes but I think is a no brainer for my personal sound preferences. Give it a try!

good luck,

Bill D.

[Casino_Phil]

03s?  Never heard of them!   :TON>